Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Loquacity, n. A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

BEGGAR, n. One who has relied on the assistance of his friends.

Hippogriff, n. An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one-quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises.

Learning -the kind of ignorance affected by (and affecting) civilized races, as distinguished from ignorance, the sort of learning incurred by savages. See nonsense.